German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been re-elected for a fourth term. She is faced with a tough task of trying to build a government with a coalition. She has urged the centre-left Social Democrats not the shut the door on a re-run of their coalition. Her conservative bloc secured 33% of the vote, losing 8.5 points.

An eighteen year old man has been taken into custody in Dover by Kent Police over London Tube blast. He was taken to a local police station and held. Thirty people were injured after the explosion on a train at Parsons Green. Most people were treated for minor injuries and have been released but three people remain in hospital, reports say.

The blast in a tube train at Parsons Green station on an eastbound District Line train from Wimbledon in UK has resulted in 22 persons being injured. They are being treated in hospital, mostly for burn injuries, reports say.

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has reigned from his position as Head of State on being disqualified from holding office by the country’s apex Court- Supreme Court consequent to an investigation into corruption allegations- probe into his family’s wealth following the 2015 Panama Papers dump linking.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe has stated that the world is at the threshold of digital economy and therefore the island nation should go for digitalization. A digital economy should be established in Sri Lanka to strengthen the national economy. As a first step, Wi-Fi zones will be set up throughout the island.